Psaumes 89
1 Cantique d’Éthan, l’Ezrachite. Je chanterai toujours les bontés de l’Éternel; Ma bouche fera connaître à jamais ta fidélité.
The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.
2 Car je dis: La bonté a des fondements éternels; Tu établis ta fidélité dans les cieux.
For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
3 J’ai fait alliance avec mon élu; Voici ce que j’ai juré à David, mon serviteur:
I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:
4 J’affermirai ta postérité pour toujours, Et j’établirai ton trône à perpétuité. (Pause)
I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
5 Les cieux célèbrent tes merveilles, ô Éternel! Et ta fidélité dans l’assemblée des saints.
The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
6 Car qui, dans le ciel, peut se comparer à l’Éternel? Qui est semblable à toi parmi les fils de Dieu?
For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?
7 Dieu est terrible dans la grande assemblée des saints, Il est redoutable pour tous ceux qui l’entourent.
God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.
8 Éternel, Dieu des armées! Qui est comme toi puissant, ô Éternel? Ta fidélité t’environne.
O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
9 Tu domptes l’orgueil de la mer; Quand ses flots se soulèvent, tu les apaises.
You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
10 Tu écrasas l’Égypte comme un cadavre, Tu dispersas tes ennemis par la puissance de ton bras.
You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
11 C’est à toi qu’appartiennent les cieux et la terre, C’est toi qui as fondé le monde et ce qu’il renferme.
Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.
12 Tu as créé le nord et le midi; Le Thabor et l’Hermon se réjouissent à ton nom.
You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
13 Ton bras est puissant, Ta main forte, ta droite élevée.
Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.
14 La justice et l’équité sont la base de ton trône. La bonté et la fidélité sont devant ta face.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
15 Heureux le peuple qui connaît le son de la trompette; Il marche à la clarté de ta face, ô Éternel!
Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
16 Il se réjouit sans cesse de ton nom, Et il se glorifie de ta justice.
and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
17 Car tu es la gloire de sa puissance; C’est ta faveur qui relève notre force.
For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
18 Car l’Éternel est notre bouclier, Le Saint d’Israël est notre roi.
For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.
19 Alors tu parlas dans une vision à ton bien-aimé, Et tu dis: J’ai prêté mon secours à un héros, J’ai élevé du milieu du peuple un jeune homme;
Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
20 J’ai trouvé David, mon serviteur, Je l’ai oint de mon huile sainte.
I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 Ma main le soutiendra, Et mon bras le fortifiera.
For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
22 L’ennemi ne le surprendra pas, Et le méchant ne l’opprimera point;
The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
23 J’écraserai devant lui ses adversaires, Et je frapperai ceux qui le haïssent.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
24 Ma fidélité et ma bonté seront avec lui, Et sa force s’élèvera par mon nom.
And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
25 Je mettrai sa main sur la mer, Et sa droite sur les fleuves.
And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 Lui, il m’invoquera: Tu es mon père, Mon Dieu et le rocher de mon salut!
He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
27 Et moi, je ferai de lui le premier-né, Le plus élevé des rois de la terre.
And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.
28 Je lui conserverai toujours ma bonté, Et mon alliance lui sera fidèle;
I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
29 Je rendrai sa postérité éternelle, Et son trône comme les jours des cieux.
And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
30 Si ses fils abandonnent ma loi Et ne marchent pas selon ses ordonnances,
But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
31 S’ils violent mes préceptes Et n’observent pas mes commandements,
if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
32 Je punirai de la verge leurs transgressions, Et par des coups leurs iniquités;
I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
33 Mais je ne lui retirerai point ma bonté Et je ne trahirai pas ma fidélité,
But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
34 Je ne violerai point mon alliance Et je ne changerai pas ce qui est sorti de mes lèvres.
And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
35 J’ai juré une fois par ma sainteté: Mentirai-je à David?
I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
36 Sa postérité subsistera toujours; Son trône sera devant moi comme le soleil,
his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
37 Comme la lune il aura une éternelle durée. Le témoin qui est dans le ciel est fidèle. (Pause)
and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
38 Et pourtant, tu as rejeté, tu as repoussé! Tu t’es irrité contre ton oint!
Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
39 Tu as dédaigné l’alliance avec ton serviteur; Tu as abattu, profané sa couronne.
You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
40 Tu as détruit toutes ses murailles, Tu as mis en ruines ses forteresses.
You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
41 Tous les passants le dépouillent; Il est un objet d’opprobre pour ses voisins.
All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
42 Tu as élevé la droite de ses adversaires, Tu as réjoui tous ses ennemis;
You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
43 Tu as fait reculer le tranchant de son glaive, Et tu ne l’as pas soutenu dans le combat.
You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
44 Tu as mis un terme à sa splendeur, Et tu as jeté son trône à terre;
You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
45 Tu as abrégé les jours de sa jeunesse, Tu l’as couvert de honte. (Pause)
You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
46 Jusques à quand, Éternel! Te cacheras-tu sans cesse, Et ta fureur s’embrasera-t-elle comme le feu?
How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
47 Rappelle-toi ce qu’est la durée de ma vie, Et pour quel néant tu as créé tous les fils de l’homme.
Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?
48 Y a-t-il un homme qui puisse vivre et ne pas voir la mort, Qui puisse sauver son âme du séjour des morts? (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Où sont, Seigneur! Tes bontés premières, Que tu juras à David dans ta fidélité?
O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?
50 Souviens-toi, Seigneur! De l’opprobre de tes serviteurs, Souviens-toi que je porte en mon sein tous les peuples nombreux;
Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
51 Souviens-toi des outrages de tes ennemis, ô Éternel! De leurs outrages contre les pas de ton oint.
With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
52 Béni soit à jamais l’Éternel! Amen! Amen!
Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.
